HIGH COUNTRYThe short film A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play before the feature and a recorded talkback with director Conor Hagen will follow the feature. Free Live Audience Q&amp;AJoin us for a free audience Q&amp;A with HIGH COUNTRY director Conor Hagen moderated by Artistic &amp; Programming Director Michael Brody on Saturday October 3 at 7 PM MST THE LAST GREAT MOUNTAIN TOWN Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California. <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/cbff2020/play/5f6791658c01df0996509f88/5f6792525f084209cd8f34d6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the Audience Q&amp;A here</a>

Let’s celebrate this last, great mountain town we call home. A love letter to Crested Butte, HIGH COUNTRY, tells a timeless American story of how a community of conscientious and forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to conserve and protect it for years to come. Stretching from the time of the Utes, to the coal miners, to the present skiers and second-homeowners, HIGH COUNTRY is a rowdy, fun-loving film. It’s progressive, just like its inhabitants, and yet, it asks the proverbial question, “Can you love a place to death?” Uhhh, probably not. Directed by Crested Butte native, Conor Hagen. This film has been generously sponsored by Geoff Carr and Michael Bebbington; the Jennison Family; and the Saperstein Family. Director BioConor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.

CBFF presents HIGH COUNTRY

The short film A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play before the feature and a recorded talkback with director Conor Hagen will follow the feature.

Artistic &amp; Programming Director Michael Brody welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival

CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL WELCOME WITH MICHAEL BRODY

Artistic & Programming Director Michael Brody welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival

A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM offers a glimpse of a rural Colorado town during Covid-19 quarantine March 2020. This was one night in the life of my quarantine in a small town nestled in mountains when every single business was closed and the streets sat empty. This was filmed at the very beginning stages of quarantine when I had the bittersweet feeling of delight and a fantastical sense of disbelief in an empty town.&nbsp; There are two versions of this piece filmed on the same night on a full moon on Elk Avenue in Crested Butte. This is the light, magical ""feel-good"" perspective that suspends reality and the weight of the circumstances at hand.&nbsp; Part 2: Warped: Covid Time explores the shadow side of the same exact time period of the global pandemic expressing the energy of anxiety, fear, masks and business closures. Inspired by the light of the full moon on empty streets, Collaborator/Cinematographer Trevor Main captured these improvised, spontaneous movement pieces created on site, during a very specific time and place in Crested Butte's history of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to playing as a part of Narrative Shorts Program 1, A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM will play in front of HIGH COUNTRY and OUT LOUD. ﻿Director BioFilmmaker Sasha Chudacoff used the Covid-19 lockdown to tackle the damage plastics do to our planet in the best way she can: through dance.&nbsp;

A FRAGMENTED QUARANTINE DREAM

A night in the life of Quarantine 2020 was captured. A tiny destination ski town, nestled in mountains had completely shut down. All businesses closed; the streets sat empty. During this initial stage of global pandemic, much was unknown. There is a bittersweet feeling of delight and fantastical sense of disbelief. In this suspended reality, I danced.

Let’s celebrate this last, great mountain town we call home. A love letter to Crested Butte, HIGH COUNTRY, tells a timeless American story of how a community of conscientious and forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to conserve and protect it for years to come. Stretching from the time of the Utes, to the coal miners, to the present skiers and second-homeowners, HIGH COUNTRY is a rowdy, fun-loving film. It’s progressive, just like its inhabitants, and yet, it asks the proverbial question, “Can you love a place to death?” Uhhh, probably not. Directed by Crested Butte native, Conor Hagen. This film has been generously sponsored by Geoff Carr and Michael Bebbington; the Jennison Family; and the Saperstein Family. Free Live Audience Q&amp;AJoin us for a free audience Q&amp;A with HIGH COUNTRY director Conor Hagen moderated by Artistic &amp; Programming Director Michael Brody on Saturday October 3 at 7 PM MST THE LAST GREAT MOUNTAIN TOWN Conor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California. <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/cbff2020/play/5f6791658c01df0996509f88/5f6792525f084209cd8f34d6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the Audience Q&amp;A here</a> Director BioConor is a native of Crested Butte, Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He graduated with a B.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Vermont before moving to New York City to work alongside his mentor, Albert Maysles. He’s had multiple films screen at various festivals across the United States. He is currently working on a number of different music videos and other new projects. Conor considers HIGH COUNTRY, a documentary about his hometown, to be a very personal passion project; he has been working on it for over five years. Conor currently lives in Sonoma, California.

HIGH COUNTRY

A love letter to Crested Butte, HIGH COUNTRY is a story of a forward-thinking young people who created their own paradise on Earth amidst the peaks of the Rocky Mountains.

Talkback with HIGH COUNTRY Director Conor Hagen

HIGH COUNTRY TALKBACK WITH DIRECTOR CONOR HAGEN

Talkback with HIGH COUNTRY Director Conor Hagen

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It’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone for joining the 10th Annual Crested Butte Film Festival. We loved seeing your photos, hearing which films impacted you, and sharing important conversations together.  Your voice, your presence, your energy, and your festival stories made this year’s event so special. Make sure to follow the Crested Butte Film Festival on Facebook to find out who won this year's Audience Choice Award and visit cbfilmfest.org for more info. Thank you and see you at the 11th Annual fest next year and throughout the year at film events!

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